Crisis Pregnancy Centers
The Urban Initiative is committed to assisting advocates in addressing the deceptive practices of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). CPCs are anti-choice organizations that often pose as women’s health clinics and seek to dissuade pregnant women from choosing abortion. Extensive national research, as well as recent reports conducted in states such as Maryland, New York, Texas, and California, has revealed that CPCs regularly use deceptive and manipulative tactics to achieve this goal.
Several localities have taken action, proposing and passing legislation requiring CPCs to disclose the services they do and don’t provide. Watch this video to learn more about these local efforts.
Urban Initiative Resources
- Compare enacted CPC ordinances
- Webinar: Preserving the Right to Abortion Information and Services Through Local Legislation
- FAQ: Challenges to Local CPC Ordinance
- Read NARAL Pro-Choice New York’s investigation into CPCs
- Read the Promising Model of the NYC ordinance
- View the ordinance here
- Read the New York Civil Liberties Union’s amicus curiae in support of the CPC ordinance
- Legislators in San Francisco, CA, have announced their intent to introduce local legislation to mitigate the harmful tactics of CPCs.
- Read NARAL Pro-Choice Texas Foundation’s investigation into CPCs
- Read the Promising Model of the ordinance passed in Austin, TX
- View the ordinance here
- Read NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland Foundation’s investigation into CPCs
- Read the Promising Model of ordinances passed in Baltimore and Montgomery County
- Read the text of the Baltimore and Montgomery County ordinances